Evening Star Newspaper, November 7, 1930, Page 8

{THE EVENING STAR WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY.......November 7, 1930 THEODORE W. NOYES. ...Editor I 2 by Carrier . Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. s ‘éid of cach morth, telepnone in by mal Member of the Assoclated Press. o Assoclated Press is exclusively entitls o \iss for Tepubiication Of a1l news (1ot ited to it or not otherwise cred. 13hed Herot " AN Sisthes of Kublicarion o 1al diDatches herein are tiso B | shouting ‘Will they order the bus companies to open the windows? Yes, Does it take a test tube to tell ‘whether the air in busses is bad? If it does, it also requires a microscope to discover whether the streets are crowded at 4:30 pm. . The same phenomenon was once identified with street cars, before people stopped riding them. It was found, after careful observation, that when the cars were packed full of tired per- sons, going to or coming from work, most of them sneezing, coughing or “Get off my foot!” the air within was close, foul and fetid. Condi- tions were improved when the ventila- tors were opened, and many persons were astounded by the discovery that ventilators could actually be opened. Possibly the ventilators in busses can be opened. No definite proof exists, but a commission equipped with screw- drivers instead of test tubes might find out. —————————— A Strange Stand. The Army has indeed put itself in & peculiar position before the public in regard to the proposal of the Navy to play a post-season foot ball game for _ | the relief of the unemployed. Of eourse, Coalition. Coalition government for the United States, so far as the legislative branch is concerned. seems assured in the Beventy-second Congress. Neither the Republican nor the Democratic party will dominate the House or the Senate on legislative matters if the latest re- turns from Tuesday's elections are not knocked down by official counts and re- counts. The country has already been glven @ taste of coalition effort in Congress. During the present Congress a coalition of Democrats and insurgent Repub- dicans in the Senate fought the Hoover administration at nearly every turn. Only the fact that the House was over- whelmingly Republican prevented a deadlock between the administration and Congress on farm relief legislation and the tariff. As it happened, these measures were delayed for months by the efforts of the Senate coalitionists. If the operation of the coalition in the Senate is any criterion of what may be expected in the next Congress, little, In view of t.he.muh of the elec- tion, it may be expected that the coalitionists in Senate and House—the Republican insurgents and the Demo- crats—will immediately offer new bills revising the tariff, or ‘at least repealing Rorg §§E§§E £ somewhere. December & year hence, It will mani- fest itself again a8 soon as the present . 'There is always the dan- that antagonists of the executive branch of the government may over- reach themselves under such circum- stances. There is the chance that the pendulum, which has swung so far one ‘way this year, will in the interval be- tween the next presidential and con- gressional election swing in the other direction. The ooalitionists will have to watch their step. —_————e A couple of candidates for Congress Tecently obtained a little publicity by being photographed handing out eat- mbles to a breadline. They did not begin to know their stuff—they should have gotten right in it. Cook County, Ill, authorities are an- nounced as hopeful for a clean election. 'They may get a clean-cut one, possibly, but -a clean one is asking almost too i g gt e Testing Air in Busses. Dr. Fowler's plan to have his experts crowded busses and, equipped t tubes of distilled water, ob-’ there is little, if any, cordiality of feel- ing in regard to foot ball between the two service institutions; but to the average person the reasons for this lack of cordiality are of no particular moment, especially when viewed in the light of the fact that both are Govern- ment colleges and that the Army-Navy game in the past has been a spectacle to stir patriotism.. When it comes, how- ever, to a refusal to play for charity, then the Army's stubborn attitude be- comes something else again, and one that is not calculated to tickle the pride of the American people in their mili- tary institution. ‘The proposed game, were it to be staged in Soldiers’ Stadium, at Chicago, would be expected to draw a crowd of approximately one hundred and fifty thousand persons with receipts close to a million .dollars. Now, a million dol- lars is conceded to be only a drop in the bucket compared to what is actually needed for unemployment relief, but even a drop is a starter, and if other colleges, with the Army-Navy game as an example, played charity contests of their own, this one million dollars might easily grow into five million or more. ‘The reasons given by Maj. Gen. Wil- liam R. Smith, superintendent of the Military Academy, for refusal to set this fine example to other American colleges are that the Army institution already gives ten per cent of its foot ball revenue to charity and that another game, with possible injuries to the players, might set some of the future generals back a bit in their stugies. Strong arguments, most assuredly, for refusing to partic- ipate in raising a million dollars for the Jjobless millions and for setting an ex- ample that might be followed by the raising of other millions! As a matter of fact and without going into the merits or demerits of the con- troversy which ended the annual Army- Navy foot ball contest, the public is getting fed up no end with the mole hill that has been made into & moun- tain and which, charity or no charity, prevents the resumption of the game. If, for any one of a thousand rgasons, two private schools or colleges decide that they want to be “mad” at each other, all well and good. It is their lowed to get away with it, it is time to end the nonsense. And no time would seem better than the present, if a safe field can be found, for the staging of a patriotic spectacle which will bring re- lief to the unemployed. —————— e A Los Angeles farmer with but a he cannot work in a pee-wee golf course B It seems that Tschirgl, Annapolis backfleld star, was attacked from the rear by the Navy's mascot goat. It is from that direction also that most of his tacklers attack him. Raussia at Geneva. It borders just a bit on the ironical that it should be Germany and Russia, of all others, that are reminding the rest of Europe, especially allied Europe, of its duty and obligations in the realm of disarmament. The ball was opened at Geneva yesterday, when M. Litvinoff, Soviet foreign minister, addressed the first session of the Parliamentary Com- miseion which has been foying with disarmanent questions for the past five years. Adopting a typically hectoring tone toward the representatives of “capitalistic” governments who faced him, the Communist commissar for international affairs lambasted Europe for its chronic delay in coming to grips with “militarism.” Leaving entirely agide the fact that Soviet Russia itsel! maintains one of the most formidable army machines in Europe, there is something to be said for the lecture which its spokesman {read to the Disarmament Commission. M. Litvinoff quoted with undoubted effect recent utterances of eminent League leaders, notably the foreigh min- isters of Denmark and Belgium, The Dane ‘told the Assembly in September that “Europe appears more disturbed at the present moment than at any period since 1924.” The Belgian states- man declared that the Old World af mosphere “is charged with electricity” and that “rumors of war are spreading like gas fumes.” It is the strained Franco-Italian situation that mainly gives rise to Europe's anxieties and alarms. ‘The Soviet representative emphasized that pacts for the renunciation of war have not led to a decrease in arma- 1 turkey THE EVENING in reality merely to a transfer of de- structive power from one weapon to another, Chastisements like these, when they fall from Russian lips, would earry more weight at Geneva and elsewhere in the world if other Soviet pronouncements were not so clearly remembered. With Stalin, the Communist czar, reiterating on every possible occasion that “world revolution” continues to be the irreduci- ble ideal of the Third Internationale, Russia must realize that other states STAR, WASHINGTON, L D, € FRIDYY. Wu . THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. Have noticed the barberry hedges this Autumn? Not in years have they glowed with rich color. re m ‘whether used in hedges or as dual speci- mens, are of the same color. Small and large plants are equally are entitled to shudder and to keep |req their powder dry. It evidently has not occurred to the autocrats of the Krem- lin that when Moscow definitely aban- dons its pretensions to “world revolu- tion” the Soviet will have taken a long step toward the promotion of world disarmament. Holiday Shopping. ‘The advice “Do your Christmas shop- ping early,” sound and practical always, is extraordinarily so at this time. Na- tionally carried out, it would go far toward setting in motion the business recovery the Nation desires, ‘There are few Washingtonians who do not intend, as in other years, to Te- member friends and relatives at Christ- mas. Whatever the normal outlay for the gifts then to be distributed, the sum is either avallable now ¢r can readily be obtained in most instances. And if, ‘with that sum decided upon, every Wash- ingtonian would tomorrow start the happy task of acquiring from Washing- ton merchants the gifts he ultimately plans to buy, he will be doing not only a service to himself, but an even more important one to the community and the Nation. The service to himself is manifest. His list of gifts can be obtained in leisurely fashion from those merchants who offer the best samples at the most moderate prices. He avolds depleted stocks, slower service, crowded stores—inevi~ table components of last-minute buying. Spreading his shopping expeditions over & month or more, he will find his closet filled with wrapped parcels well in ad- vance of the date for distributing them. And withal he will have the satisfaction of knowing that he is playing his part in meeting the economic problem of the hour. The service to the community and Nation is as readily comprehensible. The doll, the coat, the shoes, the skates he buys must be replaced upon the shelves of the merchant from whom acquires them. Orders go out to manu- facturers and wholesalers for new mer- chandise. Factories speed. up produc- tion, and to this end more labor is em- ployed. The ecomomic machinery is again rolling. A simple picture—one so elemental ‘This that it perhaps seems childish to repeat | then, it here, Yet it is the national failure to see the picture clearly and, seeing it, to act upon it, that alone delays the hour of complete business recovery. New force, new wisdom, new significance has been added to an old and trenchant slogan, and all Washington should heed the call, “Do your Christmas shopping earlyl” ——— Add to motoring “Don'ts”: Unless you really know her, don’t park your car where she urges, or even suggests. In that way you miss those apparently chance encounters with sedans filled with armed stick-up artists. ———— ‘The Turks have named a popular kind of bread “The Charleston” in honor of our dance of that name. Much of our American toast might well be named for another terpsichorean treat, “The Black Bottom.” ————— In the opinion of most, the Pacific | trol An echo of the old church bell; I hear with silent welcoming ‘The greeting that I know so well. *Tis like a voice from far away ‘That bids us for a time forget The cares that haunt us day by day, The vanished hope, the vain regret. The bustling world with pomp and pride Moves on nor heeds this spot obscure, Where simple speech is sanctified To ease the pangs life must endure. A gentle faith reigns here supreme; It brings report that all is well Despite ambition’s fevered dream, “She did,” replied Mr. Meekton. “The situstion evidently claimed her studious attention.” “I don't know about the studious at- tention. But you can always trust Hen- rietta for following the fashion.” “Some politicians,” sald Jud Junkins, “ain’t, satisfied with the mistakes they can mske themselves, but appoint & whole lot o' folks to carry on the work.” The Street Car. My bill for leather upward goes, Although I ride along the street. My shoes are all worn out by those Who stand on other people’s feet. A Performer in Peril. «“I guess we'll have to get Josh another music teacher,” said Farmer Corntossel. “Why, I thought his tunes sounded better than usual,” mother. protested Josh's | dry Long rows on big estates, small on small grounds, each hedge is the same as its fellow, easily the most conspicu- ous thing on the horticultural land- scape. :rnlwtn has been a hobby of some gardeners to note the seasonal effects upon various plants and to attempt to figure out why some of them do better one year than another. In the mmn have been some gorgeous * The writer can recall seven or eight Eun , when every bush in the Na- rmu.g:plm was loaded with blos- soms of exceptional size and fragrance. Two years m‘ruu did particularly well. 30!1 r occasions the irls to an unusual degree; upon still others the peony, queen of Spring flowers, loaded gardens with bloom and fragrance. Some Springs the old faith- This Fall it is the barberry which has come into its own. Many who have never been larly enthusiastic about this ing mat will be glad of it, for it shows ‘;kthm that its enthusiasts were not mis- en, after all. ‘The California privet and the Japanese barberry have been waging a neat contest between themselves in and home American grounds for many years now. Usually the privet, in one of its forms, has won. This hardy hedge may be trimmed so neatly that it appeals to more homeowners than the somewhat sprawly barberry. ‘Yet the latter has its good points, one of them its freedom from the necessity for ing all the time. Once planted, the more or takes care of itself, Another drawback to the privet, which is no fault of that laht's, but nevertheless operates against it with some gardeners, is its tendency v.os\ew“l " unless cut back severe- Iy first two years after planting. Every one has seen privet which seems to grow high off the ground, ing a thin, unhealthy looking hedg?, in sharp contrast with the beautiful, thick he of a neighbor, The dif- because the former was cu- s cut back, whe the kept about a foot high for at least two years. caused the to send out lateral branches low down, so that when finally permitted to grow of its own sweet will, hedge became naturally thlck‘.x:d :u:urhn‘. . The drought may have had mn'w“""hmmwlflfl? barberry hedges utumn, ugh, as far as one can note, the plants in here sprinkling was permitted are no brighter than those in communi- ties where a water ban was in effect the from robes. So much is certain. One not feel sure enough to say that it in itself, help to create these gorgeous colora- tions. It may be that the barberry puts on added color at_this time as a sort of test against Nature for her extreme- dry mood. Those who work with ints, even in a small way, would be WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS two, or perhaps half & dozen, either will determine whether “Nick” Long- worth or “Jack” Garner is to mp&-flkn in Republican or fall to , as recounts, contests, final re- turns ‘or vacancies may eventually re- cast the House jigsaw. But in both branches of Congress, G. O. has without disaj The Democratic-Republican S nistzation. programs are b its n| on programs merey. The Constitution lp.ttlml only year from now, two veto powers will exist. The other will be at the legisla- tive end of Pennsylvania avenue. * % %% Minnesota, there shé stands, with more potential influence on the mecha- nism of Congress than probably was ever before held by any one State in the Union. The vote of Thomas D. Schall, Republican, who has squeezed through to a surprise victory in the Gopher senatorial race, is required to give his party e paper plurality of a single vote in the Upper House. While the Schall- Holdale contest hung in the balance, Minnesota’s other Senator, Henrik Ship- stead, Farmer-Labor, was the man in Senate that directicn. Now comes the equally astounding situation in the House of Representatjves, another Minnesotan, young Paul John Kvale, Farmer-Labor, may be the one who will unravel the organization tangle in the Lower Branch. The carnage wrought at the polls on November 4, 1930, has many angles, but none more remark- able than the decisive roles in which Fntlemen from Minnesota suddenly ound themselves cast. * * % X As the Democratic landslide hove definitely into view, “Nick” Longworth himself almost a victim of it in his more or less devoted Cincinnati dis- trict—sald ity of having to hand over the Speaker’s gavel to “Jack” Qarner. What 'oull: ipe him, qu ngworth, would g‘m Garner “riding in my automo- bile.” A generous Uncle S8am provides the presiding officer of the House with & limoustne. * %k ® Wilbur L. Oross, dean emeritus of Yale, Connecticut’s first Democratic Governor-elect in 20 years, is an anti- prohibitionist who doesn't drinl hat he said after his “w “I am in good shape today at course, men who drink we They can’t “That's just it. His style is gettin’| ; so melodious that it's liable to spoll his technique for jass.” Finaneial Flights. “Why do they call the financial backer of a show ‘an angel'?” “I can't figure it out clearly,” an: swered Mr. Stormington Barnes, “but I think the fact that riches have wings must have something to do with 1t.” One Style of Election. ‘This is & world of strife and sin, Although each voter does his best. ‘We put our little ballots in— ‘The man who counts ‘em does the rest. “We has a heap 0’ things to be thank- ful foh dis year,” sald Uncle Eben, “but I feels it i my bones dat de price o’ fll’l‘”t&." Coast would appear to offer just the ideal climate for a gentleman of Art (the Great) Shires’ temperament. Some, however, hold out for the coast of | ManshiDs | Northern Alaska. hands, SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. The Bell. Across the hill the breezes fling This messenger, the old church bell. Going With the Crewd. “I bear that your wife voted with the overwhelming majority.’ Eg > i -Ega 8508 | g ; £ o1 §is i ; g i ] £ 2, ] years” in Washington. | pressed e he didn’t mind the possibil- | the certain will permit it to “say its say” in the world, after all. * ok ok X “You have been dry,” say the bar- berry bushes to old Mother Nature. “We will be extremely red. “You have choked us nigh unto death, but our head is bloody but un- bowed, as we believe a human poet ex- it. “You have attempted to withhold all water from us and to force us to wither and fade away. This is one of your ueer, unexpected, reasonless caprices, r which you have been more or less anchored a v ipmved land. famous throughout the centuries. “No man ever has been able to rely on you, for the members of that race assert that you rain on their choicest picnics and cause the pestiferous ants to seek nourishment from their finest sandwiches. “We plants, O Mother, understand you better!. Our roots are sunk in you, and we mmtnt-nymmmlf we would. We have no cars to snort over the roads, in a vain effort to fiy away from ourselves—not you. “We cannot roar through the alr, frightening your birds, because we are anchored faster than any ships in har- bor. Somehow we are satisfled. But every now and then, as the seasons roll, we'bluzh for you, Mother Nature. See usl” * Ok kK Are we right in believing most of the late flowers did exceptionally well? We are thinking of the dahlias and chrys- anthemums, common to S0 many gar- dens. Nor do we refer particularly to the rare varieties grown by those with enough money to purchase them, but solely to the more common ones to be garden. Such are the test of every N ‘Their colors may be intensified cer- tain seasons, thereby offering the gar- dener as genuine a thrill as any. It is not the cost of a plant, butL its genuine a rare orchid, worth actually is no better a flower, flower for flower, than a fine gladiolus or these flowers ves, as among the roses and the nies, there are scores of varieties so fine that they have been grown in tremendous num- bers, sending down their price, but keeping up their quality. We recently came across a very rich woman standing on & broad avenue with her arms full of cosmos, a Fall flower to be found in the humblest back yard. Nor were they particularly good specimens; we were surprised to see them rather scraggly and wilted. She prized them, however, because they were the best she had. These are the only cosmos we have seen this Autumn. , | Has this plant done poorly? One might think this hardy annual would do ex- ceptionally well this season. Ichryufl‘gtmemummclolm uemmunun}- ally b especially among the yel- lnv’ and pinkish varieties. Here is a splendid flower, beloved by the world, not only for its sheer beauty and per- fection, but also for its spicy odor. Chrysanthemum fragrance approaches that queer barrier where a pleasant odor is almost, but not quite, unpleasant. A bit more, and no one would like the odor of chrysanthemums, especialiy in- doors, but as the fragrance i, it is very nice, and appeals to most flower lovers. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. jobs anywhere in the countsy. Already, 'tis sald, 'mmhln‘:.:ry cn: ':z‘\:u bee; dangled before val rests. The Democrats will lmtp think of relin- him until after 1932, i then. B and dazed are words not too Wi 's emotions expected Sunflower State, nor did the licans in their most pessimistic moments ever dream of such a possbility. Only insiders knew that the captain- Nol the Hoover Young Gt of the|in his home dismay. Dwight Morrow’s majority New Jersey was another su . He was expected to win ,000, but achieved less than 200,000. LR ‘Will Ruth Hannah MeCormick continue to cast the sunshine of her stimulating presence upon Washington? A year ago she purchased and rebuilt an old Colo- nial mansion in Georgetown, evidently in the definite hope that she would in- | habit the place after 1931 as a full- fledged United States Senator. Ruth has too much politics in her blood ever to be permanentlv comfortable away from Washin . Perhaps as a states- Wwomsn out of a job she may decide to maintain a salon in which she can wield influence without responsibility. * ¥ % % ‘The season for lame ducks will soon be upon us. Not all of the Republicans who failed of re-election can hope for recognition at the White House. Sena- o Ml o i, Soe St oma lve ually been off the Hoover reserval Allen of. Any number of deserving G. O. P. House members who have fallen outside the breastworks now become candidates for presidential favor—valiant warriors like Vestal and Purnell of Indiana, for instance, if they are definitely among outs, (Copyright, 1930.) Showers of Blessing Fall With Raindrops Prom the Portland Oregon Journal. It was reining waterfalls and electric lights when drops drummed on the roofs the other night. It was raining reservoirs and irriga- tion. It was raini red les and loaves of bread and julcy steaks. It was raining mill of dollars to .| help remove depression and stimulate business again. It was raining the fire that crackles on the hearth to accent the comfort of T bR *1930. ip to the as it is restricted in value to the wealth upon which it is based. The legal tender function of money is the prepotent one, and explains why representative, certificate money is quite as good as commodity money (gold and silver). In other words, there is no of in- |flauon of certificate money—properly issued properly limited and its base, preferably im- We now go to the bank and obtain currency by mortgaging improved land. If real were not real value what bank would lend u it? But why should this inconvenient, cumber- ! some, expensive process be considered ,Wiser and more ethical than getting h directly from the Government at nominal rate of interest—1 or 2 More explicitly, why couldn't many of “land money” be lib- erated by the United States Govern- ment without the slightest fear of in- flation? And why wouldn't this plan | be far more simple, practical and ethi- cal than “free silver”? The desidera- Itum at present is more circulating me- dium—justly emitted—in the con- sumer’s pocket. If there is a single way to make wealth distribution even and fair we should be traitors not to examine it! Free silver, no doubt, for a time would prove a good business tonic. The banks, however, would—through the in- terest’ concentration process—soon ab- sorb Mr. Ryan's and Mr. Dwyer's two billions of cartwheels and merely use the new hard money to erect a larger o superstructure, with its well known round of credit inflation, fi }mxpemy, stock market crash, bank ailures, bad tlmefi. mfilfthe:m the lon; strong, pull—all for the purpose of doing this ridiculous economic stunt over again! Believe it or not, there is just one correct key move to the social chess irls. | problem. This is it: Our’ Government | must issue enough soundly- tender to put a permanent crimp into the ancient and rather dishonorable business of money lending. Two bil: lions more of silver coin will not &e’l‘ form the miracle. Thirty or 40 billions might. Today the national total of bank credit is around 65 billions and, by the same token, that huge sum is the ideal, scientific and ethical amount g:cwhmhhhcmmtrylorlflvle. ‘The currency question is not easy of solution. If it were, we wouldn't still be using the sort of intermediary popu- lar with the cavemen of 10,000 B.C. The trouble with our public leaders is a lack of magnanimity. They are so sure no one else can find an answer to the “Riddle of the Sphinx” when their own cerebrums refuse to function in this direction. Suffice it to say, there is a solution and a eompcrut!;e whose minds are fortunately free from archaic prejudices and superstitions. And the situation is much too serious for us to bother longer with procrastinating, time-serving_devotees at the Shrine o the Golden Bull, If our gold standard is leading us toward ruin and starva- tion, why not desert it? Life is short and those now living should be titled to taste real happiness under a non-interest-ylelding fisc, by which en- each person would be paid the full re« ward of his honest efforts. That is all there is, in my estimation, to a Utopia, or a millennium—perfect justice to allf Why be slaves to our graves and g\:t off a period of real proapeflt{uejmt - cause of a weird loyalty to ti ceivably fallacious “economic” theories of our ancestors? F. GIAICH. ey — Voteless District Is Called Mockery To the Editor of The Star: Now that the elections are over and the people of 48 States have had a ¢ | volce in the election of their repre- ised, the goats Are we Wi the right, to vote? We consider ourselves a part of the eat American Nation, and yet we ve nothing to say about the laws created and designed for our benefit, or the and women who men offered their and were ac- cepted. Of that number 503 men were wounded and 408 gallant men the supreme sacrifice. Surely is a proof of loyalty dnd love of eounnzuk The census reports of 1930 show the population of the District of Co- lumbia is 486,869. Each of the follow- ing States has a population less than that of the District of Columbia: Ver- mont, Delaware, Idal Mexico, Arizona and Nevada. And yet all seven of these States have repre- sentation and the right to vote for their representatives in and for the Executi! a vote in national affairs? Must we continue having to BCT08S District line to enter the Nation. Until we are granted our franchise o ation of people, and for the palwl " will continue to but a mocke g S. PHILLIPS, 2d. le, be Full Support Is Urged - For District Franchise To the Editor of The Star: My name means nothing, but there is a hope that my words may mean & little to the men and women of the District of Columbia. I am one of you. Be- tween the period of residence here— 1909 and 1929—I have voted, been a voice among many,-but still an essential Wn of that voice. Now what am I? beh:l‘ .“bu’:uzh Nothing, voiceless, ating abou e bush try] to do things which you can't and l:gm will until you count for something. All " the endeavor to franchise the District 5o far has been fruitless, Don't m want it? Of course, you do. Then, red-blooded men and women, get u e behind every effort afloat. Insist that this next session of Congress give you your rights. There is no logical reason against it. The fact that you are men and women, human beings with the same itel as = your brothers and -hur-" dflgnuflu "y:\l to 25 same , or el Mm class ymnarwfih ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. ledge. | to other animals than the cow t stamp for reply postage. Send in to The Evening Star In- eau, Frederic J. Maskin, ashington, D. C. Q. For whom was Howard University, at Washington, named?—O. B. N. is important Negro university for O. O. Howard, a native of Maine, a brigadier general and corps commander in the Union Army in the Civil War and in subsequent Indian wars. He was commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau in reconstruction days and was noted for his interest in the elevation of the colored race. He was a leading doncr of the uriversity's endowment. £ & Vet s the Apple of Discord?— "A According to Greek mythology, scord was Lhoe 'ul?:: (Eris] the 3 Hera (Juno), became competitors for it, and its e o and. hatredof Hera. o il the and hatred of Hera . Le Trojan race (to which Paris belonged) that she did not cease her machinations till Troy was destroyed. This story is intrcduced in Tennyson's “Oenone.” Q Why is it considered bad luck to break a mirror?—M. C. A. Lillian Eichler says in her book, “Customs of Mankind' ‘8ince very early times the mirror ha$ been used in tfivlnlflon, in attempts to read ture or past. An eatly belief was th one saw the will of the gods in a mir- ror. To break one accidentally, there: fore, was interpreted as an effort of the gods to prevent a person from seeing into the future. This was con- strued as a warning that the future held unpleasant things. Among hl(thly alse | superstitious people the breaking of to_be looked upon as ath omen, —Someliow this super- titious belief has prevailed and still exists, even among educated people.” Q. What is the Judge Baker Founda- tion?—L. E. G. A. The Judge Baker Foundation was ted under the laws of Massa- on April 26, 1917, “for the pur- pose of promoting the better under- standing of juvenile delinquents which admit of desirable hdyeveloymenl and s and means t‘;‘le};n, establishing and maintaining & clinic, medical, psychological or other kind, which shall study, euuflune -:\': make diagnoses, prognoses and repo on juvenile delinquents.” The founda- tion aims to carry on civic and educa- tional purposes, thereby establishing and maintaining a living memorial to Harvey Humphrey Baker, first Justice of the Boston Juvenile Court. death omen. incor chusetts ‘ashington. intelligence, so lacking in patriotism | Dome. and interest, so incompetent that we must be denied the privilege, or rather :‘ J ho, Wyoming, New | cal voting | by Q. What are the 28 ‘I;n;.ulzu :nez‘- tioned in news as spoken by an MP‘W of the State De- partment?—R. B. A. The chief of the Bureau of Trans- lating, Wilfred Stevens, speaks and writes the following languages: Arabic, Armenian, Bulgarian, Chinese, h, Dakota Indian (Sioux), Dano: glan, Duteh, Esperanto, French, garian, Itallan, Japanese, slan, Polish, Portuguese, jlar candle wicks are cut which to develop | §i Q. Can the word “cattle” be - N steer?—D. 8. A. A. The word “cattle™ has been &p- plied to all the animals of economic value, but ordinarily refers to the group of animals related to the cow and ox. Q. Is the “Comedie Humaine” a book If so, who is the author?—C. A. The “Comedie Humaine™ is a serie of novels by Balzac, so designated b, their author and intended to form : picture of the manners and morals o the period. The first volume appearec in 1829, but it was not until 1842 tha Balzac adopted the general title. author intended to present a panoram. of his time in France. He w.ote neari 100 novels without completing h. herculean task. Q. Wasn't Queen Victoria's Jubllee ./ 1881, instead of 1897, as stated by ¥ in an answer to a question about Why'c law Reid? I am sure it was 1887, be cause it was in the year that I'cam fioni 5n¢l-nd to the United States.— A. It is true that Queen Victoria hac a jubilee in 1887, but she had a second Jjubilee in 1897, and it was to the latter that Whitelaw Reid was sent as a Special Ambassador, as stated in the answer to the question as to when Mr. Reid became Ambassador to Great Britain, Q. Please give directions for making b‘ybc_;l;y candles.—A. F. . The Th ripe berries are collected from .| the bay bush and botled in pails of water. e wax rises to the top, is siimmed off and boiled again. - sy length, attached to & ro ip) warm water and then dipped into the pail of wax several times. Allow the wax to harden between times. The wax should be kept just warm enough to be in a liquid state. Q. Where is Simcoe Lake?—G. F. D. A. Simcoe Lake is situated about mid- _ way between Lake Ontario and Geor- g:n Bay in Canada. It discharges Injo orgian Bay through the Severn River. Q Is it correct to use the expression “Aren't '?—J. K. A. The phrase “Aren't I" does mot meet the thre: demands of good usage, which ere national use, reputable use o and present use. Q. Who said “Don't fire till you sce the whites of their eyes"?—8. H. A. Acccrding to tradition, Willlam Prescott gave this order to the Conti- nental Army defending Bunker Hill ince there was no der and Prescott was the nominal 5 the troops did hold their fire, it is prob- able that he devised this deadly defense. Q. What is the custom called when a man marries the widow of a brother who died without issue?—M. E. A. It is called levirate marriage among the Jews. The same custom or law prevails in some parts of India. Q. How are sponge rubber novelties made?—E. D. A. The Bureau of Standards says that rubber Q. How many United States?—E. G. M. A. There are 116 Federal and State ( ) in the United States. Russian, Spanish, Turkish, and Ukrainian. Country . The total stitutions is about 123,000. Divided in Opinions On Kelley’s Oil Land Charges S division of opinion has resulted from denl;x.nchtlf: by ;r:!al%ex: ver of the charges in which Ralph 8. g:o attacked the awards of shale oll land by the Interior stantial dent’s are tion is [ Ralph 8. Kelley against the Department of Rn Interior, its present ofle’l‘ll head S e Amorican peopl wm'mn'z “The erican e thizge with the Pr-ldenw t's indigna matter,” says the Los Angeles (Republican), agweeing that rted charge founded Madison Wisconsin State dent) is convinced that “President ver's declaration will probably end further comment on the approval of the leases,” and the Lincoln State Journal (independent Republican) holds that “the matter was delayed so that it could be broken just at the height of a politi- campaign.” The Duluth Herald (in. dependent Republican) views it as “a ci roorback, created some time ago nflm‘nfl along.” The Jersey City Journal (Republican independent) ob- serves “a new ver” in fire the , the public is delight- to the St. Louls Times ther cize public officials, we should do so for the public weal only and without spleen. And in fairness we must commend them when their work is good. As Mr. Hoover points out, even our partisanship or |i eagerness cannot lead us into base methods. We must condemn, but we also must pr In this instance the meed goes to ‘himself.” “It appears that Mr. xellex'l conclu- sions were not well founded in many respects, and in any case were contin- ent U] what might be done in the B B “vould have “some agency with the general respect and the finality ef pronouncement of the United States Supreme Court, that possesses the authority to dispose of such cases.” K K ¥ in them, was within' his T e onset of a seandal, but been ‘had is_reasonably d without invitation and roh.b}‘ :.I‘l‘m the wish of the Executive. be time h to appraise the validity of the allegal after a legislative inqui- T p] Pl int dent Dem ) on g L protected.’ declares the Green Bav Press-Gazette (independent), “then there should be an exhaustive inquiry to get at the facts. But it is a sign of the times, and a healthy one, to see Mr. Hoover drop the important details of his office to personally examine into the situation. He shows thereby a jealous 1 his reputation and the ture,” declares the Rock Island Argus | his (inde) nal ( ndent), and the Flint Daily Jour- of serious consideration.” The Cincin- nat! Times-Star (Republican) advises that “the finding will surprise no one who read the charges when they were published a month ago,” and repeats its statement that “the Kelley outburst was a ‘brainstorm.’ The San Ber- nardino Sun (Republican) offers as part of the record: “Mr. Kelley approved most of the' leases; but objected to some leases on technical grounds. When his objections failed to receive the ap- mv-l of his superiors in Washington, ‘big expose’ followed.” The publican) thinks “Mr. Hoover was Justified in plgmyln‘ his righteous r orance and incom| the dependent) notes that “the mat- | 31! ter seems to be dismissed as unworthy | but an unbending moral principles.” Occult Trade Prospers In Spite of Depression From the St. Paul Ploneer Press. National surveys indicate that at least two industries—movies and m< line—are getting on very well in a - spite of econ depres- i f H : i i i (] f g §* s § ] 8 QE : f EB’ 4 { £ { : | i i h E é i g: Eels